Love is Blind Bellied Up Edition #202

Summary

Bellied Up Podcast: Love is Blind Bellied Up Edition #202

Hosts: Myles "You Betcha Guy" & Charlie Berens
Location: Spirit View, Three Lakes, Wisconsin
Date: May 28, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode blends the show’s signature Midwest humor, small-town storytelling, and live caller format with an experimental twist: "Love is Blind, Bellied Up Edition." Broadcasting from Spirit View in Three Lakes, WI (which humorously boasts 20 lakes), the hosts chat with bar regulars and take live calls, culminating in a blind date between two listeners—Katie (the bar owner's daughter) and Parker (an Alaskan deckhand). The episode is packed with candid Midwest banter, stories of small-town life, parenthood advice, friendships, workplace shenanigans, and the realities of modern romance.

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Key Discussion Points & Segments

1. Three Lakes, WI, and Bar Life (00:00–05:00)

• Introduction from Spirit View on the "biggest chain of lakes in the world"—actually 20 lakes in Three Lakes proper.
• The hosts riff about local quirks ("20 lakes in Three Lakes—makes perfect sense when you don’t think about it"), bar amenities (pull tabs, claw games), and local Jeep owner "duck collections."
• Quote:

  "It's talking about nothing and everything all at the same time." – Charlie (03:30)

2. Meet the Bar Owner & Daughter: Setting Up the Blind Date (04:25–13:20)

• Guests: Laura Forsyth (bar owner), Katie (her daughter)
• Laura shares the challenges and joys of running the bar for 4.5 years—emphasizing her appreciation for her employees.
  • Quote:

    "The best part of owning this... is my employees. This wouldn't be this if it weren't for them." – Laura (05:57)

• Laura jokes about her three marriages and collecting last names ("Like people collect ducks for a Jeep—collect last names").
• Laura’s matchmaking for Katie: She wants a family-oriented, socially unawkward man for her daughter.
• Katie typically "goes for scruffy guys," but Laura hopes for a "clean cut" type even if just for a couple of dates.

3. Family Dynamics & Holiday Stories (07:00–13:00)

• Laura details Christmas chaos with six kids, five grandkids, and spouses, lamenting that Katie’s boyfriends "hide in the bedroom" during family events.
• Quote:

  "The bar is pretty low... just hope she finds a guy who at least will stay in the room during Christmas." – Charlie (08:05)

• Hilarious discussion of Laura's "she shed," complete with the nickname she can't display because of her grandkids.

4. Live Callers – Edgar: Life, House-Hunting, & Friendship (16:05–45:10)

(A) House Hunting and AI Data Centers in Beaver Dam (18:04–24:25)

• Edgar updates on his ongoing struggle to buy a house near Beaver Dam. He nearly bought a "perfect" property before learning a giant AI data center was being built next door.
• Charlie breaks down the drawbacks of data centers: loud construction, dried-up wells/marshes, environmental and community concerns, and home values.
  • Quote:

    "It's more extraction than it is investment." – Charlie (23:03)

(B) Parenthood and Milestones (25:01–29:45)

• Edgar asks Myles about his wife's work-life and their young kids, leading to authentic dad talk.
  • Myles assures Edgar not to fret about developmental milestones:

    "Every kid does different stuff at different times. Don't even worry about it. They're gonna talk." – Myles (28:17)

• Shout-outs to "stay at home moms (and dads) out there doing God’s work."

(C) Office Antics, Friendships, & Notable Moments (30:05–42:18)

• Inquiries about the "You Betcha" office—Myles compares it to "Rob’s Fantasy Factory" with scooters, golf simulators, and broken bones from office football.
• Myles fielded the "friendship ranking test," picking Ryan over Charlie because "he answers his phone more."
• Edgar asks about future wedding plans and the fate of Charlie’s "Cripescast" podcast—Charlie’s planning to revive it with an "Old Fashioned Interview" twist.

(D) Touching Listener Request (43:00–45:00)

• Edgar shares a sentimental story about getting picked out of a crowd as a kid by Packers legend LeRoy Butler but having lost the signed photo.
• Charlie promises to get him a new one personalized by LeRoy Butler.

5. Live Caller – Parker: Career Change, Life on Deck & The Blind Date (46:04–78:30)

(A) Life as a Professional Deckhand (46:54–51:45)

• Parker, a Michigan native who works as a commercial deckhand in Alaska/Washington, describes his unusual lifestyle: months at sea, high physical demands, and flexibility for career changes.
• Myles jokes he's ideal for "stay at home dad" life:

  "No sleep, physical pain, and you take orders from the real boss—your wife." – Myles (50:32)

(B) Bellied Up "Love is Blind": Parker & Katie (52:00–76:15)

• The First-Ever Bellied Up Blind Date
  • Katie (landscaper/bar owner's daughter) and Parker (deckhand, Alaska) are set up spontaneously by the hosts.
  • Both share their backgrounds, hobbies, and quirks amid real nervousness—Katie reveals stage fright but opens up about boating, floral design, and her Great Dane. Parker discloses months away for fishing and his desire (or not) to change that for the right person.
  • The hosts prompt with fun, intimate questions ("Are you a big spoon or little spoon?"), explore embarrassing moments (Parker’s urinal mishap in 7th grade), values, and hypothetical life changes (Would Katie live off-grid on an Alaskan island?).
  • Memorable Exchange:
    • "Are you OK with hair in your face as the big spoon?" – Charlie (68:24)
    • "Yeah, what kind of hair are we talking?" – Parker (68:29)
  • The "will you exchange numbers?" moment (74:27): Both say "sure," leading to applause and playful closing by the hosts.
  • The hosts quiz Parker on family compatibility (bar Christmases, family outings to zoos), which he aces.

(C) Final Reflections: Hearing Your Own Voice (76:19–77:41)

• Parker asks if the hosts are still weirded out by hearing their own recorded voices (a universal childhood horror). They admit they’ve gotten used to it, but old home videos still sound "cringe."

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the Show’s Format:
  "It's talking about nothing and everything all at the same time." – Charlie (03:30)

• On Bar Ownership:
  "This wouldn't be this if it weren't without [my employees]." – Laura (05:57)

• On Dating Standards:
  "Just hope she finds a guy who at least will stay in the room during Christmas." – Charlie (08:05)

• On Friendship:
  "I would consider Ryan a better friend than he would consider me, just because he has way more friends than me. I'm just a dime a dozen to him..." – Myles (34:46)

• On Parenting:
  "Every kid does different stuff at different times. Don't even worry about it." – Myles (28:17)

• Bellied Up Blind Date Moment:
  "He's a good time man looking for his good hearted woman." – Parker, introducing himself (52:09)

• On Compatibility:
  "When it's bedtime, it's bedtime. I need to get comfy." – Katie (67:22), on cuddling "I'm a cuddler, but I'm not a cuddle sleeper—I need some space." – Parker (67:33)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Intro, Local Bar Banter & Set-Up – 00:00–05:00
• Meet Laura & Katie; The Setup – 04:25–13:20
• Live Caller Edgar: House-Hunting & Data Centers – 16:05–24:25
• Edgar: Parenting & Friendship – 25:01–29:45
• Edgar: You Betcha Office & Friendship Rankings – 30:05–42:18
• Edgar's Listener Request: LeRoy Butler Photo – 43:00–45:00
• Parker the Deckhand Calls In – 46:04–52:00
• Bellied Up Blind Date: Parker & Katie – 52:00–76:15
• Insightful Closer on Voices & Wrap-Up – 76:19–79:22

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Tone & Style

The episode flows with classic Midwestern comedic warmth, a bit of self-deprecation, and rapport that gently roasts friends and strangers alike. The hosts keep things light, improvisational, and welcoming—drawing humor from both the mundane and ridiculous aspects of rural bar life and modern love.

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Summary

In this one-of-a-kind "Love is Blind" edition, Charlie Berens and Myles bring together listeners from different worlds (a flower-arranging Wisconsinite and a free-roaming Alaskan deckhand) for an unfiltered, heartfelt, and hilarious matchmaking experiment live in a small-town bar. In between sips, laughter, and housecleaning calls, the show centers on belonging, family, friendship, and the ongoing search for something (or someone) genuine—even if all you need is a guy who won’t hide in the bedroom at Christmas. The result is a quintessentially "Bellied Up" ride through the quirks of Midwest living and loving, ending with hope for romance and another round at the bar.

Transcript

[A]

Hey, folks, welcome to the Bellied up podcast. I'm here with my good buddy Miles. We are in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, over here at Spirit View. Lakeside. Spirit View, ladies and gentlemen. Right here. Beautiful lake. One of the many. There's more than three lakes, and is there more than three lakes and three lakes? Technically, yeah. There's like a way more in there.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I mean, well, this. The. This the biggest chain of lakes in the world, isn't it?

[C]

So how many total lakes?

[A]

28.

[C]

So we're here in 28 lakes, Wisconsin.

[A]

Well, no, there's 28. It's a chain, and it goes up to Eagle river too. I'm just. How many did you say specifically are in 28? How many in three lakes property?

[D]

There's 20.

[A]

There's 20. Okay.

[C]

20 lakes and three lakes, Wisconsin.

[A]

20 lakes and three lakes, wisconsin.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And that makes perfect sense when you don't think about it. I'm already. I've been here a couple, two, three times. I've been here three times. If we're going off the Three Lakes, Wisconsin math. And what's nice about it, Miles, is, you know, we're already cooking with gas. Right behind you. You got yourself a nice little. Nice little set of pull tabs. We'll be dipping into that. You got to put money in it first. And we got a claw game, which is slick and a little ducky game. So you're gonna. Miles, I think before the day's done, I'm gonna get you a couple ducks.

[C]

Okay, well, Jake's got a Jeep, so you get em to him. How's that sound?

[A]

Oh, yeah, Jake's a Jeep.

[C]

Jake's rock hard over little rubber duckies.

[A]

That's good. How many ducks do you have, Jake? He's got five ducks. I hate it. I hate. That's embarrassing.

[C]

I hate it.

[A]

That is. Yeah. But anyways, I'm excited to be here, Miles. We got a heck of a show coming up for you today.

[C]

Before we do that, when we were driving here, we. I got a side story for you. We saw a Jeep driver that passed us.

[A]

Go on.

[C]

And first stuck out to me of how many rubber duckies were on the way on the dash. Had to have been 30.

[A]

30 duckies on the dash. How is that not a. And this old pull you over kind of a deal.

[C]

And this gal had two bumper stickers. One was it said on the back, milfmobile.

[A]

Nice. Yep. Huh.

[C]

And the other bumper sticker said, save a pit bull, euthanize a dog fighter. And I was like, okay, wow, that's That's. That's great. You know, I don't. I don't think I would disagree with that. We should maybe be, you know, doing dog fighting. But where is she buying that specific of a bumper sticker is what I want to know.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Why was that bumper sticker even made?

[A]

It's kind of like at the PETA Gunn show, I think. Yeah. That must be the place that they sell it.

[C]

Oh.

[A]

What I also like about this bar, Miles, by the way, is.

[C]

Yeah, okay. Is I'll go fuck myself.

[A]

No, I want to talk more about that, but I just saw it and didn't want to forget. But I like the hummingbir. Hummingbird feeder, Dragonfly hummingbird and the hummingbird. Hummingbird feeders.

[C]

Now, do you think that that was worth our precious podcast time, Chuck?

[A]

Yeah, Miles, what do we talk about on this podcast? Nothing and everything at the same time.

[C]

It's actually maybe a good representation of our podcast. It's talking about nothing and everything all at the same time.

[A]

Deep tease, folks. We have a bellied up dating segment coming on this show. We got Katie on the other end of the bar.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And she is looking for a man, Right. What is man or woman?

[C]

Katie, what is your. What is your guys's relationship?

[A]

Yeah, what's the relationship here between you two?

[C]

I knew it. I was like, so Katie's mom.

[A]

Katie's mind, you own on the the. She owns the bar. You want to come on over here? We got over here. It's because you're not just marrying a woman, you're marrying the family, so you

[C]

got to go there.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

Oh, my good.

[A]

So introduce yourself to the folks.

[E]

Laura Forsyth, model owner. Laura Forsyth. Forsyth, my first husband.

[A]

Nice.

[E]

I don't use the second husband's. But then the third husband. I like collecting last names.

[A]

That's good. Yeah, yeah, it's good. It's like, you know, some people collect ducks for their Jeep. You collect last names. That's beautiful. And you got an injury here on your hand.

[C]

I will have to say, the fact that it's kind of looks like it's starting to turn red is that.

[A]

It's not.

[C]

It's not a great sign.

[A]

Can you hold that mic a little closer to your mouth there? There you go. Real good. So how long have you owned the spot now?

[E]

4 and a half years.

[A]

Nice. And what was it before you got it?

[E]

Well, it was called Bonnie's Lakeside.

[A]

Huh. And Bonnie, it was used to be a bartender, right?

[E]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Or she is a bartender currently. I think the same Bonnie Different Bonnie.

[E]

Okay, there's a couple different Bonnies in town.

[A]

All right, well, never mind.

[E]

We never know which one you're talking about.

[A]

Bonnie's are around. Anyway, so you've owned this four years. What's been the best part about owning this bar?

[E]

I'm really starting to like it a lot now.

[C]

Cool.

[A]

It took a minute.

[E]

I'm learning more about it. And I did have a business partner that kind of went. Yeah?

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

And otherwise I would have never gone into business by myself. Never. I would have never known what to do.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

And now it's. It's thrilling.

[A]

That's good. Yeah.

[E]

The best part of owning this. I'm not kidding you, as my employees, I'm not trying to. Because this wouldn't be this if it weren't without them.

[A]

Oh, now that's a sign of a great, great tavern owner right there, you know?

[E]

Yeah. When everybody says, you're doing a great job, I say, no, it's not just me, it's everybody.

[A]

Wow, that's beautiful. I love that. That's great. Now tell us. Tell us about your daughter.

[B]

Oh, that's.

[E]

She's the oldest one. We call her the Obat.

[A]

The Obat?

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

What does that mean?

[E]

She's old? No.

[A]

Wow.

[E]

No, it's just a joke because I'm the fossil.

[A]

She's the old bat. I thought you said the old bat.

[E]

No, the old bat.

[A]

Yeah. I got you.

[E]

I can't talking like you.

[A]

No, that, that, that. I just didn't hear the d. There

[E]

she is, my oldest of six. Okay, that's the youngest.

[C]

I knew that you, you were the mother because only a mother would be trying to find a significant other for their daughter that quickly.

[E]

Well, because she just doesn't seem to make the right choices, so she should have mom make the right choices.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

So what, what choices are we trying to fix here?

[E]

You know, I'm just not sure. She always kind of goes for that ruggedy looking, like you all. Oh, that's a bad thing?

[A]

Ruggedy looking, Scruff on the face.

[E]

She likes that.

[A]

She's a scruffy face kind of gal.

[E]

She likes the tough asses.

[A]

Tough asses. Okay. And what do you want her to

[E]

find somebody that, like, is really into the family thing because some of these guys, like, you know, they just wanna. They'll come over for Christmas and they hide in the bedroom or hide in

[A]

the bedroom, you know.

[C]

Does that happen?

[E]

Not just her. My other daughter too, has.

[A]

There's 18 people in the living room at Christmas.

[C]

Why don't you just Have Christmas at the bar.

[E]

Do you know what I'd be like hauling all those Christmas gifts here? I still shop for everybody.

[C]

It's.

[A]

Oh my God.

[E]

It's a disaster.

[A]

With six kids, you're still.

[E]

And then five grandkids and spouses. I do.

[A]

Wow.

[C]

So you're. So the bar is pretty low, actually. You just hope that she finds a guy who at least will stay in the room during Christmas is what you're looking for.

[E]

And be like if we go to the kids petting zoo to come along and you know.

[A]

Yeah. Kind of be in the family.

[E]

And I get there's some people that are. They call them awkwardly social maybe.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, that's what they call it. Yeah. Yeah. And so. But you're looking for kind of somebody socially. Someone socially. On awkward.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

Unaccordly social.

[E]

Right.

[A]

Yeah, I get that.

[D]

Okay.

[A]

Well, I think we can find it out there tonight or today whenever people are.

[C]

That's our goal for today, is we're going to find Katie and Matt and

[E]

you guys are all going to be groomsmen then.

[A]

Nice. That'd be great. Yeah. We can do a speech. Yeah.

[C]

We can be pallbearers at the bachelor party too.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Dead man walking.

[A]

We'll do it all.

[E]

But that's what I usually say when people come in and they're, you know, they're having their bachelorette or bachelor party and they're getting married. I'm like, oh, I'm sorry.

[C]

Yeah, that's good.

[A]

Yeah. Because you know, you've, well, you've had. Are you currently married? Okay. Yes.

[E]

You're the first one. He passed away.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

He's the dad of all six of my kids. And that was 24 years ago and I raised them all. And then the other one, we just don't even know.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

Don't even Once.

[E]

He's seven years down.

[A]

Seven years down.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

And many more to go. You're. Hey, well, we'll do a matchmaking for you. He'll never know.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

You know. Well, good. And well, we're excited. And by the way, I want to say thank you for having the opold fashion on the menu, ladies and gentlemen, with Baron's Old Fashioned Brandy. Not a sponsor, but anyways. Yeah. Very excited.

[C]

It would be nice if Baron's Old Fashioned Brandy would pay.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

I I for how much plugging. You get all the benefit and I get nothing out of it.

[A]

Are you wearing a you betcha hat right now, Miles?

[B]

Jeez.

[A]

Goes. How about that? You like find in there, Mouse? Yeah, sure.

[E]

With Me trying to set people up.

[A]

Well, we'll get Katie on here. Yeah, she will.

[C]

Just so you said, she normally goes for scruffy guys. Are we looking for a clean cut guy then?

[E]

Well, I would say yes, but she would probably say no. So I guess even if we could get somebody for a couple of days, it'd be good.

[A]

Okay, couple days.

[E]

You said two days and then you get your finders fee.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll get her to at least a couple of dates. Don't you worry. Worry about this.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. All right. We got.

[C]

For a guy who wants to go to a petting zoo with the family.

[A]

Yeah, with the family.

[E]

Not just not on his own stuff like that.

[A]

Pumpkin farm. Good.

[E]

You know.

[A]

Yeah. Standard stuff.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And.

[C]

And like in reality, it's.

[A]

It's.

[C]

That's quite literally the lowest bar set is just showing up to stuff.

[E]

Yes.

[A]

You know, huh.

[C]

It's all we're asking. We're not asking for. For the world. Yeah. You don't need asking for six.

[A]

No, I'll hold it for. I know you bummed your hand. How'd you bum that, by the way?

[E]

I fell off a granny step stool ladder trying to hang a solar light.

[C]

And where were you at doing that?

[E]

I can't say that at my yard, but it was in my she shed.

[C]

You didn't call it a she shed earlier?

[E]

I don't know. I can say that on here.

[D]

Can I say it?

[E]

You can say it's called my cunt cave. And everybody says because I have a sign that says. They said, why didn't you have a sign that says that? I says because I have grandchildren that can read.

[A]

Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

You got a line.

[A]

Yeah. You just call it your see you next Tuesday cave. Yes, yes. Yeah. You know what you need is a son in law. Maybe someone Katie finds that can make you a sign like that.

[F]

Yes.

[A]

That's some commitment to the family. Right, right. All right, well, we'll find that on the show today. And thank you for having us in here. We appreciate that.

[E]

Thank you.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Whoever thought this would happen on a

[A]

Tuesday to me, you know, just another day at the office. Yeah, it is Tuesday.

[E]

Yeah. Hey, well, we'll see you Tuesday in the Northwoods.

[D]

Cold Tuesday it is.

[A]

Blustery.

[E]

You gotta come back when it's warm.

[A]

Oh, yeah, we'll be back.

[E]

Yeah, we'll be back.

[A]

Yeah.

[E]

Take you inner tubing and fishing and that'd be fun.

[C]

Like inner tubing. Like we're gonna float down the river or you're Gonna. You're gonna pull us behind the boat? My tubing days are done. No, but maybe one time, you know?

[A]

Yeah, give it one more, and then

[E]

I'm gonna need long or something behind the boat.

[C]

What's up?

[E]

Did you collapse along behind the boat?

[C]

Yeah, I've done it all. I broke my neck a few times. My dad, basically. My dad used tubing as a way to take out all of his anger of having children on us. You know what I mean? It's like legal abuse.

[E]

And he's probably in that boat just laughing.

[C]

Yeah, basically.

[E]

I get it.

[A]

Yeah. Well, we. We'll be back when it's warm, and we'll go tubing.

[E]

Yeah.

[A]

Be good. And you heal up that. That arm and.

[E]

But you really think you got to

[C]

heal that up so you can come tubing with us, though?

[E]

Is there really something wrong, you think if it's turning red?

[C]

Well, you just need to get some ice on that.

[E]

I think that's really cold.

[C]

You got. You got to keep icing it anymore. All right, well, go that inflammation down.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay. Thank you. Oh, perfect.

[C]

All right, well, listen, let's find Katie a guy.

[A]

Let's do it. Miles, I'll tell you this right now, right after Memorial Day weekend, when everyone's back on the road all at once, and not everybody's fully dialed in. You know, you got people coming off long weekends at the lake, rushing to get home, distracted, making late stops, missing signs, pit stops, not paying attention, traffic. You can be driving completely normie, you know, and you still got someone coming out of nowhere. Crash, boom.

[C]

They're sunburned all heck, and they're not even thinking.

[A]

No, they're too busy rubbing vas on their face.

[C]

You know, Aloe vera on their face.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, just. Just honeysuckle, whatever it is. And then all. You know what you're. You're bumping and you're making use of that bumper. And now you might know if your neck's got a little whiplash on it. What are you doing that moment, Miles, what do you do? Pop quiz.

[C]

I'm going to call Nicolay Law.

[A]

Nicolay Law, ladies and gentlemen. You call up Mr. Russell Nicolay, that

[C]

big, beautiful, bearded, beautiful man.

[A]

Beautiful man. And he's got, you know, he keeps it trim and right. And you go to nicolelaw.com or just call 1-855-NICOLETTE-LAW.

[C]

Chuck, I'm having flashbacks right now.

[A]

Oh, what are you flashing back to

[C]

yesterday when you and I were chopping down trees in your woods? Yeah. Our shady rays on making sure we Weren't getting anything in our eyes, making sure we weren't getting that glare. Making sure that we were just having

[A]

a good time sitting there staring right through the glass, you know, easy cuts. We had the mask on over, you know. But I like to add that extra protection of the shady rays because I can see so clearly what I'm cutting, which I can't do with normal glasses because they're all smudged. These ones are just clear as the crystal. Clear as gin. And yet they're brown like brandy. I don't know how they do it, but they're magical. Shady rays. And right now, Miles, I tell you what. We got a deal. For our valued listeners here at the Bellied up podcast, when you use the Code Bellied up, you get a deal. Ladies and gentlemen, that deal is 40% off. Two pairs when you buy them.

[C]

Two or more. You can get more.

[A]

Shoot, you mean I can get three pairs?

[C]

You can get four.

[A]

Could I get 12?

[C]

You get 12.

[D]

Wow.

[C]

That is correct. So, guys, use Code bellied [e-mail]. get yourself some glasses. You won't regret it.

[A]

No, you won't. Check it out, guys. Code Bellied Up.

[D]

Shady rays.

[A]

Moo Ager. Yeah, it's Charlie. It's Miles. Where you at? What you hauling?

[D]

Oh, how's it going?

[C]

We're.

[A]

We're going good. How's it going with you?

[D]

I'm just hauling some rock right now.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

We're at

[D]

just a little right next to Madison, actually.

[A]

Okay, good. Are you on time?

[D]

What's that?

[A]

You on time?

[D]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

Good for you.

[D]

I'm just working. Working with a pipe crew today, so. Dumping some gravel for them.

[A]

Sure. We talking some high quality gravel.

[D]

It's all sorts of gravel. I guess. Right now I'm hauling clear stone for the pipe crew, and then I gotta get some bigger stuff. Three inch.

[A]

Sure.

[D]

Road all over the place.

[A]

Yeah. It's not one thing, it's the other.

[C]

I. I like that actually, you know, I'm gonna add that to my list of stuff to say once, you know, you're talking to someone. Like, a lot of them are like, it is what it is. You know, just saying, like, it's all over the place. Yeah, this is great. I like that line.

[A]

Yeah, it says. It says everything you want to say.

[C]

Yeah, we're just at the bar drinking, you know, have a few beers. It's all over the place.

[A]

That's good.

[C]

I like that.

[A]

Put that on his shirt, Miles.

[C]

It's all over the place.

[A]

So, Edgar, why don't you belly on up to this bar, we'll get you a cola, since you're driving. But what's on what's. Yeah, we're in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, yo.

[D]

Gotcha. I was actually gonna ask. I called in, what, like, maybe two times? Three times. I don't remember what the last time I called in was for, so I don't know if Jared can do his magic and give me a reminder here.

[A]

Yeah, well, we remember he's looking right now.

[C]

Is there anything off the top of your mind you want to talk about? Okay.

[D]

Here.

[C]

Jared's got it.

[A]

You're looking for a house.

[D]

Oh, okay. That's what I thought it was about. That AI house, we call it.

[C]

Yep. Wait, what?

[D]

I've been on the market for like, man, it's probably gonna be a year already now. I kind of wanted something with land. And we went to go look at a house right outside Beaver Dam.

[A]

Oh.

[D]

And it was. It was like pretty much like perfect. All I was looking for at a little over two acres. The house was pretty, like, modern. And. Yeah. I was like, yeah, let's do this bit. Let's do it. And then there was a construction site going on right next to it. Like, looked really big. And we had no idea what. What it was. So we did some more investigating.

[A]

Oh, God.

[D]

Figure out what that is.

[C]

I know what this is.

[D]

We found out it's those AI, like the meta buildings, whatever.

[A]

Yeah, that's a nightmare.

[D]

I remember we were at the grocery store, I think, with my fiance, and she was like, hey, you know, Charlie Barron's is going to be enough beaver dam.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And I got all. I got all excited. I'm like, oh, they have a show here? And she's like, no, he's coming to like, talk about this building, this AI building that they're thinking of constructing here.

[A]

Yeah, well, they're doing more than thinking about it. I think they're pretty well on their way. Did you buy the house?

[D]

No, that's what the realtor guy told me I should wait off because they don't know, like, all the consequences or the side effects or whatever.

[C]

Yeah, the data center living next to these.

[D]

These data centers.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, the hyper scale ones. Yeah. So far. I was over at some of the neighbors houses and it's not really good news. Some of them, they had wells run dry, others had a marsh go dry, and then one had their river run dry and then it came back and flooded the whole thing. So there's. There are a lot more questions and answers, you know.

[D]

Yeah. I was just really, I really wanted that house. It was like perfect. And that's what. Well, since I put the. I almost put the offer in, but we were able to figure out what that construction building was going to be. So that offer didn't go through.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And I was just wondering what. Because I heard that. Yeah, I saw some clips that you were.

[C]

Yeah, go ahead, Charlie, go ahead, go ahead. Talk about how you feel about the. The data centers.

[A]

Well, the day. The data centers are a big problem because first of all, Beaver Dam, they did a TID with it, which basically is tax incremental district. So the community probably won't get any benefits for that till that tid's done, which I think is quite a few years. And at that point the technology may have advanced where you don't even need the data center. So then the community could be stuck with that tab. The other thing is the water. Not sure what they're putting in the water. And a quote unquote closed loop system. And then basically the EPA is fast tracking chemicals. There's just a lot of uncertainty on that. And the woman I know who lives next to it, she's been trying to figure out what's been going on with the water with the wells running dry and whatnot. And it's kind of getting passed around between the company and then the state local representatives. The DNR just can't get a straight answer. You can look that up. Her name's Miley. She did a speech. But it's just they're not great neighbors and there's just a lot of uncertainty, so. And the big problem is, is they greenlit that thing without any input, really, from the community. They just kind of. They had an NDA and they got it all figured out on their end without that community input. So those are the quick problems with it. And, you know, there's. There's kind of more as well, because they just approved the second data center. And then, you know, if they get their clause in, they just want to keep steamrolling those things through. So that's kind of the problem with that. Yeah.

[D]

I was wondering why it was listed like a decent price. It seemed kind of cheap for a little over two acres.

[C]

Yeah, it would be. Why?

[D]

And I was like, there's. There's got to be something wrong with this place. And I guess that's what it was.

[A]

Yeah. And that's the other thing is home values, you know, that can go down because you're dealing with years and years of construction and it's loud as Hell, and there's, you know, that's what I've been seeing.

[D]

I looked up some tiktoks to see what I can all find. And yeah, it's all. It's not good news.

[A]

It's a real pain in the pecker, I'll tell you that much, Edgar. Yeah. And you know that it's. It's sort of like. It's more extraction than it is investment, you know? Then you think, why do they need these data centers so big? You know, how much of that data do we actually want out there? You know, a lot of it.

[D]

Yeah. Yeah. Because I've been living in Beaver Dam actually for like two and a half years now. I think it's almost three years.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And I. I like the area, but I was just looking for something with land. So it wasn't where that house was. It was like right outside Beaver Dam. So it wasn't going to be too far of move. But, yeah, still listed, actually. This was like a month ago, and it's still on the market. Still hasn't sold himself.

[A]

Yeah, that's a problem with it. That is a problem. And then they'll annex land from a neighboring town, and then no one in that town gets a say at all. They got no representation, you know, so that's how it goes. I'd look elsewhere myself, but. Yeah. So you're not a single guy, Edgar, huh?

[D]

A single guy?

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

No, I got my fiance two kids.

[A]

Oh, good for you.

[C]

That's great.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Hey, where's my. Where's Miles? Miles. Been kind of quiet back there.

[C]

Yeah. Chuck is very much more educated on data centers than I am, so I'm not going to talk about anything I don't know about.

[D]

I actually had a. I had a list on my notes here on my phone, and I was looking at them for when you guys called.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And realizing that most of my questions were towards Miles, actually.

[A]

Well, let's fire them all. Fire them off.

[D]

So my first one is. So, Miles, your wife is Ann. Does she work or does she just stay at home?

[C]

She's at home with the kid.

[D]

Because she did like photography, right?

[C]

Yeah, she did. And that's actually kind of funny. I. I like to joke that she was my sugar mama when we first started dating, because I was broke, trying to do my own thing. And she had a photograph, like a wedding video and photography business, and I knew how to work a camera. So then I would help her on the weekends and she would pay me to help her with her weddings. And that's how I paid the bills.

[A]

Ann was the first shooter for you betcha.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

First time I went out with Miles, Ann was shooting the videos. Yeah. And it was, it was great. She did a great job.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

You should bring her back on. Miles, what do you think?

[C]

Yeah, I mean, it's best for our relationship if. If we don't do videos together.

[A]

Separate work and play. Right? Yeah, she's doing a lot of work with.

[C]

She just doesn't like it when I get into work mode, you know? Yeah, you kind of definitely have like I'm at home hanging out mode. And then if. If I'm at work, I'm, I'm. I'm, you know, a little more seriously, I'm trying to get done.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And she doesn't like that.

[A]

Yeah, you lose sort of your natural touch. I should talk to Ann about that because sometimes I feel like you lose your. Your sweet little touch with me to sometimes smile.

[C]

If you spend enough hours with Charlie Barron's, you would lose your sweet little touch to.

[A]

Well, you know, that's one man's opinion.

[C]

You know, we're trying to get a video done and he's talking about the hummingbird feeder outside.

[A]

You know, some nice feeders over here.

[C]

I'm trying to get home to my. And Chuck wants to talk hummingbird feeders.

[A]

You know, you can make your own hummingbird suckle at home. Did you know that, Miles? It's better. You don't want to use the dyed ones out there. So.

[C]

But yeah, so Anne's at home now. She still does some photography stuff, but yeah, we've been lucky enough to be able to have her just at home with the kid and raising her child. It's kind of nice.

[A]

She was an early investor and. You betcha.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Pin off of that. I was just wondering, like, how old is your kid now?

[C]

He's almost two.

[D]

Is he talking yet or. How's that?

[C]

He's starting to talk. He's saying some words he likes. He likes to say hi and bye a lot. And for whatever reason, when I'm going to work, he immediately says bye and shows me where the door is. The van's leaving and I'm watching him. He has meltdown, so that's tough. But at least he likes one of us, you know?

[D]

Yeah, because I was wondering because I have the same. Well, I have two kids, but she's a stay at home mom.

[C]

Nice.

[D]

And well, one is two and one is one in a couple months, so they're both really young.

[C]

Oh, so you got like two under two Basically, pretty much, yeah. You got a madhouse then.

[D]

I don't know. I just think. I don't know if we're behind that. They're really not talking yet or.

[C]

Oh, no. The last thing you should do as a parent with a young kid is worry about milestones. Every kid does different stuff at different times. Don't even worry about it. They're gonna talk.

[D]

Yeah, that's what a lot of people tell me. But then some people are like, it should be talking by now. They do. Well, the older one does say a couple words. Yeah, you're.

[C]

You're chilling. I wouldn't worry about it at all. The people that are worried about it, they got their own issues to figure out. I think you could. I think you could use the line. Hey, why don't you watch your own bobber?

[A]

Yeah, that's a good line.

[D]

That's what I gotta start doing here.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Tell them to mind their own business.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Go have their own kids.

[C]

You go have your own sex. All right,

[D]

let me see here. Keep going down my list.

[C]

I like this.

[A]

Yeah, it's a nice little interview. We don't know also, before we move

[C]

on from that, shout out to the stay at home moms out there.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, that's it. Oh, I know. I know it's hard. And sometimes I give her. But.

[C]

Yeah. Because I don't.

[D]

I don't know. I don't know how she does it. Sometimes I get so annoyed when they're both crying and. Oh, my God.

[C]

Well, actually last weekend she was out of town and so I was watching them and I'm just shot by the end of the day. Like, this is just so much work and so shout out to the stay at home moms out there doing God's work and stay at home dads.

[A]

It's a full time job. Mm.

[D]

What do we got here? Oh, so as of. For the. Because of the Belly to podcast, I don't know how long ago it was, he had a caller call in once about these, like, crazy rocks.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

And I saw Miles did a tick tock review.

[C]

Yep.

[D]

Of like, the Skittle ones, I think.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Like, how bad are they? Are they actually bad? Are they decent or.

[C]

No, they were. I mean, obviously the. The candy ones were definitely strange and I'm definitely not maybe working them into my normal rotation, but I wouldn't say that they were bad at all. I'm trying to remember because the. The Skittles the Sour Patch kids brought and the. Jake's right here. He. He remembers the Sour Patch one. Which one did. Which of the candies did I rate highest? The Sour Patch Kid one? No, the Skittles was the highest. So, yeah, the Skittles was the best. Sour Patch Kids was just a weird flavor palette mixed with the meat. Whereas, like, Skittles was a little bit better, but their other brats are obviously, in my mind, much, much better. So.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Did you try.

[C]

It was. It was fun to try and experience it. I would maybe get a pack and throw it on the grill and not tell anyone and see what people think at the lake this summer. It could be kind of fun, but. Yeah. What else you got on that list of yours?

[D]

Let's see here. Oh, this is kind of like a Patreon question that Jared has never, like, got to. I don't know why.

[C]

Shout out. We. You bet your radio. Patreon found on patreon.com. you betcha.

[A]

Radio sponsored by Barron's Old Fashioned Brandy.

[D]

By the way, I always wondered, like, every time I think about, like, you guys at the office or wherever, like the. You bet your office. I always, in my head, I think of Rob's fantasy Factory.

[F]

Yes.

[D]

Like, am I, like, totally, like, way off? That's all I can think of. Just Ross Fantasy Factory.

[C]

I mean, there's always been discussions about what we could do in the warehouse, you know, and. But, you know, like, we gotta. We had a golf sim and a bar and all that stuff, but we've never gone full fantasy factory.

[A]

We've almost done pickleball, too.

[C]

Yeah, Pickleball.

[A]

Heelys. We've used Heelys in the warehouse.

[C]

Scooters. We got scooters rolling around once in a while. Just ride a pallet jack. You can ride a pallet jack like a scooter. It's kind of fun.

[A]

Can you? Yeah, that'd be fun. I never get to do that. You tell me to stay off all the machinery when I get there.

[C]

I just learned to kick flip on it. Did you? No.

[A]

Oh, that'd be wild. That would be so cool. You have to be so strong to do that.

[C]

I would love for it to be like that, you know, because there's always, you know, like, God, we could put a zip line right here, you know,

[A]

but that'd be an insurance liability if you put a zip line in. But you know what? Well, if somebody gets hurt, Miles will just say they're trespassing and then Miles sues them. That's true. So you sue an employee or me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[D]

Like when I always listen to the podcast. That's all I. And think about when you mentioned the office. I keep thinking Rob's fantasy factory vibes. That's all I can think of.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, there is like a bobblehead of me there. Like a life. Si. Not life size. Like 4ft tall and like random car.

[A]

Well, that one time we did mess around, Tyler broke his leg.

[C]

Yeah, it's true.

[A]

So how did he break his leg? We were playing football and we were

[C]

playing two hand touch football, and Tyler collided with another guy and broke his ankle or whatever he broke.

[A]

And you thought it was a contusion right away, not a broken.

[C]

Yeah, I was just like, I think it's just a bruise. He went to the doctor and it was broken, but now I know. You know, if it's. If there's. If there's rapid. If there's. If there's rapid local swelling to a spot, it's probably broken. And that's. You know, she left her hand. You know, that's why I was a little concerned about it. She might have broke her hand.

[A]

Yeah. RLS going on there. Yeah. Is that a medical term?

[C]

RL local swelling? Yeah. I don't know.

[A]

You put localized in it. Some more medical. Rapid, localized swelling.

[C]

That was. That was something else.

[D]

Speaking about 20. Well, continue with the podcast here. Sorry, Charlie. It's all about nice.

[C]

Usually it's all about Charlie.

[A]

No, it's not. Miles turn into a Patreon, though.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

So, Miles, would you consider Ryan being like a good, good buddy of yours? Like a real good buddy? Like best bud? Yeah.

[C]

I mean, we hang out outside of work. We're definitely good buddies. I think that I would probably consider him a better friend than he would consider me, just because he has way more friends than me. And so I'm just like a dime a dozen to him where I don't have as many friends.

[A]

Do you know what I mean? Ryan, A guy with a mustache like that can. I mean, he can get some friends and. Yeah, that's a guy you want to be friends with.

[D]

Would you consider. Would you consider Charlie a good friend? Like a best friend? That's a good. Great question.

[A]

Yeah, it is a great question, Miles.

[C]

I would consider Charlie your best friend.

[A]

That's great. I made best friends.

[C]

And here's. Here's why I feel like that is because Charlie never answers his phone and. Or text messages.

[A]

Uhhuh.

[C]

But pretty much every time I call you, you answer. And if you don't, you call me back later.

[A]

Yeah, I do.

[C]

And that is the bar that's set for being really good Friends with Charlie.

[A]

So thankful my mom isn't listening to this podcast.

[C]

Oh, no. You're screening your mom's calls?

[A]

I'm not screening it. It's just I'm not by my phone a lot, and sometimes she gets. She. I forgot to call her back the other day, and she wasn't super happy about. But I was fishing, and I. My phone was in the glove box, you know? Yeah. So, anyways, that was just a. Normally, I answer my mom's calls. If I'm around my phone and it's not on dnd, that's do not Disturb for anyone. Yeah. Go ahead, Edgar.

[D]

If you had to choose. What you choose, Ryan or Charlie?

[A]

Ryan. I love these.

[C]

Ryan.

[A]

Ryan.

[C]

Heartbeat.

[A]

I don't have a mustache like Ryan. It comes back to this mustache. Ryan looks like he could be anything from a convicted felon to a stripper to a fireman. And it. It all works for him.

[C]

Yeah, it does kind of work.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But, yeah, I choose Ryan.

[A]

Ryan's got more baseball cards. That's the reason.

[C]

Yeah, that really helps.

[A]

I walked into Ryan's office, and he had stacks of cards. I think he spends most of his day selling those cards on ebay.

[C]

Oh, yeah, no, that's. He calls them sales meetings. Anytime he's selling anything on Facebook, Marketplace or ebay calls them sales meetings.

[A]

He just. Right now, he's just decked out with cards. He's probably got a frigging velo or 5N just ripping through sales, just looking to buy a Michael Jordan rookie card or something.

[C]

What is it, 80. Whatever flir. Yeah, 86 fleer.

[A]

Yeah. Does he. Is he selling Pokemon cards or is that just Jake? Just you. Jake's got. Jake is sitting on $7,000 worth of Pokemon cards right now, and his address is.

[C]

What the.

[A]

I forgot. He's in Minneapolis, but he's trying to turn some of those into a diamond, so we'll see how it works out for him. Yeah,

[C]

I don't know if you should be saying that online.

[A]

Saying what? Oh, my bad. I forgot. Does she not know? She knows. Yeah. They're trying to get engaged. They're trying to, you know, make it official, you know, just like you, Edgar. We're all on our way.

[C]

When is the wedding, Edgar?

[D]

That. That was actually another question I had. We've been engaged for, like, two years.

[C]

Okay?

[D]

Like, should I be rushing this now, or do I just take my time or.

[C]

Well, you got two kids, so. Yeah, I don't think rushing it is the answer.

[A]

Yeah, you might as well just get it going when does your fiance want to get married?

[D]

Oh, as soon as possible.

[C]

Oh, okay. Then you should maybe do that. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Well, she was thinking of next year, but then, I don't know, something always comes up. Like we said we were trying to get another house. Like a different house.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

So we're thinking of getting that and then getting married. We want to think of a case, a couple vacation.

[C]

Well, if you do it right, you do the vacation with the wedding and it's just called a honeymoon.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Oh, yeah, dude, that's what we didn't know either. If we should do like one of those things that we travel somewhere and go get married or something around here. Traditional.

[C]

You should have a cheaper wedding at home than the next day. Go on vacation for a week and spend some money on that. That's the move.

[A]

Any more questions for Miles?

[D]

Well, actually had a question for you, Charlie.

[A]

Okay.

[D]

So what happened to the podcast you had going on?

[A]

Oh, thanks for asking. The cripes cast, you know, I.

[C]

We're talking to like, the guy listens to podcasts all day. He's driving trucks.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[D]

All day long.

[A]

I know. I gotta get back on it. I've been toying.

[C]

You're gonna get back on it.

[A]

I've been toying with an old fashioned interview podcast. You know, I like doing them in person. It's just tough getting people in Milwaukee. But I'll probably be getting. I've done a couple old fashioned interview podcasts and I kind of like that vibe there because I get to, you know, be bartender and you know, but it's really. I've been on the road a lot doing shows. [e-mail] all fall dates are out now and sponsored by Barron's Old fashioned Brandy. But you know, it's just tough to do it all.

[C]

You're like a NASCAR driver.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, you know, the Chevy Fastenal 46 car was doing really good and he's as, he's holding the Coca Cola in his hand, you know.

[A]

Yeah, I am drinking a high life, not a sponsor, but. Yeah, no, but I'm, I'm hoping to do more of them, but it's just, it just comes down to time and I'm, I'm trying to spend as much time at the lake as possible. Later today we're going to be pouring some footers for my deck. Miles doesn't know that yet, but he's a concrete guy. I'm, I welcome his expertise and I need someone to make sure the deck's supported while we get that Going just

[C]

funny because I know we're gonna have zero supplies, so this could be a disaster.

[A]

No, I got the.

[C]

Are we using your ice auger to drill a hole?

[A]

What? Miles, I have a whole little hole digger, okay?

[C]

It's called a shovel. Okay. So we're doing this by hand.

[A]

Okay, we're doing it by hand.

[C]

All right.

[A]

I did have a nice auger, actually, I do. That's not a bad idea. I'll go get that. Unfortunately, I am a small ice auger, you know, little perch guy.

[C]

But anyway, that was Charlie Baron's long winded answer to say no, he's not going to continue to do the crepes cast.

[A]

No, I'm just changing the name.

[C]

Charlie Barron's translator right there.

[A]

No, you don't get to be my translator, Miles. You know, we're not even best friends, apparently. Oh, we are best friends. It's just Ryan's a better friend. Is that right?

[C]

I didn't say that. He made me choose.

[A]

Oh, yeah, sorry I don't have a mustache. But no, I'm gonna get back on it. Okay, so there you go. That's the official answer.

[D]

Yeah, I seen that you had Leroy Butler on there quite a bit. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. You know, he would be a good one to get on an old fashioned interview. He does. He's not a drinker himself, but I can make a mean kitty cocktail, so.

[D]

Yeah, actually that was part of my. One of my notes I had here.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I was really hoping you could do me a favor.

[A]

Yeah, I'll do you a favor. Sure, Edgar. You got it. What do you want?

[D]

So like when I was in high school, I think I might have been a freshman, sophomore maybe.

[A]

Sure.

[D]

But Leroy Butler came to our school.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Like something about breast cancer, I think.

[A]

Yeah. Breast cancer awareness. Sure. Yeah.

[D]

And we were in the gym and out of all the kids, like the whole school was in the gym, and out of everyone, he like picked me out of the whole crowd.

[A]

Did he really?

[D]

To like go down there? I don't remember. I don't remember exactly what he had me do down there.

[A]

That must have been a cool, cool day for you.

[D]

It was pretty cool. And then he gave me an autograph, like a picture of himself doing like a Lambo leap.

[A]

Lambo leap. Inventor of the Lambo leap. Leroy Butler, guys.

[D]

Yeah. And he find it. And so this was years ago and I always had at my parents house. And once I moved away, I have no idea what happened to it.

[A]

Damn.

[C]

So you want to get another one?

[D]

So I was like, maybe Charlie can hook me up with one. If he's good friends with him, I

[A]

can hook you up with that. Yeah, absolutely.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

I feel like I just. I didn't appreciate it as much back then. You know, I was little, I didn't know what was going on yet. And now I'm thinking back, I'm like, God, I wish I could have that back.

[A]

Well, you know what, Edgar? Here's what we'll do. You text your address to Jared, the number that you called on, and we'll send you Leroy Butler autograph photo. That's not a problem. Yeah, yeah, we'll get that.

[D]

I really appreciate that.

[A]

Yeah, no, that's not a problem. He would love to do that. He's a. He loves the fans. You got.

[C]

You got one, right?

[A]

Oh, yeah, I got.

[C]

Why don't you just send them yours?

[A]

No, I'll. I'll get him the. I. I got it. I'm gonna see him soon here, so. Okay, so I'll get your own personalized one. I'll even have him say, hey, Edgar, remember when I pulled you out of the stands and. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll get that personalized. Look at me. Over promising and under delivering miles.

[C]

It's a lot.

[A]

It's a lot to remember, but.

[C]

All right, Edgar, appreciate it, man. And you stay safe on the roads there, man.

[D]

All right? Yeah. Thanks for taking my call.

[A]

Tell your wife we say hi.

[D]

How. I will.

[A]

Good.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Bye. Bye.

[C]

It was a nice housekeep house cleaning call.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, I feel like it was like, you know, before. Before a meeting, it's always like, hey, we got a few housekeeping items, a few things run down the list. I felt like Ed GRE really did a good job doing some house cleaning.

[A]

He held us accountable. Me on the podcast, you on the song. Yeah.

[C]

You know, little, like low priority questions, but stuff we need to just get through.

[A]

Yep, yep. Agenda items. Yeah, yeah, exactly. He's a. He's. He's. He would make a great city councilman, you know?

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. What do they call it, the rundown on a city council meeting? The notes or the agenda? Just the agenda.

[A]

The minutes.

[C]

The minutes.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, that's what it is. Parker, this is Charlie and Miles.

[C]

How we doing?

[B]

How you doing, fellas?

[C]

We're doing good. What are you up to?

[B]

Driving through Texas right now.

[A]

Holy smokes. Where are you doing down there?

[B]

I'm going to visit a buddy of mine on a little sandbar called Port Aransas.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

Go do some sport fishing.

[A]

What kind of fish are we Catching. Where you at? What you catching?

[B]

Well, this. This upcoming couple days, I think we're going after yellowfin or wahoo or something. I don't. I don't really know much about the fish down here.

[A]

Wahoo. Well, nice.

[C]

You don't know much about the fish down here. Where are you from?

[B]

From Michigan originally, but I spend most of my time in Alaska and Washington.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Way up north.

[A]

What do you do up there in Alaska? In Washington?

[B]

I'm a professional deckhand, you could say.

[A]

Nice deck, dude.

[C]

Okay, so I'm wearing extra tough boots right now. Would you consider that stolen valor?

[B]

What was that? I kind of missed the last little bit there.

[C]

I'm wearing extra tough boots.

[B]

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

[C]

Would you consider that stolen Valor?

[A]

Oh,

[B]

well, maybe a little bit, but that's. That's fine.

[C]

That's one thing about Alaska that I found out through wearing extra tough boots is it's basically all they wear up there. And I have a friend that's from Alaska, and I was asking her about it and she said, yeah, I've seen people actually get married in extra tough boots.

[A]

Really? Well, those shoes, I was telling you yesterday, they're very fashionable.

[C]

Thank you. These are the more exotic ones with the. With the camo pattern.

[A]

Yeah, that's like an old school duck pattern is what that is. And then that orange pop on them.

[B]

Are you wearing some of those shorties?

[C]

Yeah, shorties on.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

They're comfortable, they're durable. You can do anything in them.

[B]

Absolutely. Alaskan sneakers.

[C]

That's exactly what they are.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So why don't you belly up to the bar with us and tell us what's on your mind?

[E]

All right.

[B]

Let me just apply my belly to this bar here.

[A]

What.

[B]

What bar you guys at? So I can set the.

[C]

We're at the scene spirit view here

[A]

in Three Lakes, Wisconsin, which has 20 lakes. Little known fact.

[B]

Nice. Right. Right across Lake Michigan from my stomping grounds.

[A]

Where's your stomping grounds over there? Traverse City?

[B]

No, Well, I guess I'm a bit south of there in like, the Grand Rapids area. Oh, sure, yeah.

[A]

Good fly fishing over there. Steelhead.

[B]

That's what I hear. I wouldn't know. I've never been much of a sport fisherman. I only just done it for work.

[A]

Well, you're going sport fishing today, so your life's changing.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, we're getting there.

[A]

I'm.

[B]

I'm making moves, changing my ways. Speaking of which, that's what's. That's what got me to call you guys. I. I had a Few beers and was just kind of thinking about some of my dilemmas.

[A]

Huh.

[B]

Thinking about like if I were to change careers, the skill set I've built doing this, I'm sure you guys could think of some funny ways to, you know, think what? I might be able to transfer these skills to some. Some other kind of career.

[A]

Well, I think that's. First of all, tell us the top three skills you have as a deckhand.

[B]

Being able to operate with minimal sleep.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

Boy.

[B]

I guess just high tolerance.

[C]

All right, that's it.

[B]

High tolerance for physical pain and discomfort.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And being able to follow orders, I guess, regardless of how much they make sense to me.

[C]

All right. It sounds like you are a perfect fit for a stay at home dad. No sleep, physical pain. And you take orders from the real boss, your wife.

[A]

Wow. You know, well, well done here, Miles.

[C]

And you probably wondering what about physical pain? And you find out that your kid likes to drop stuff on your feet, throw stuff at your face

[A]

and you

[C]

end up bending over a lot to pick stuff up. So you're gonna be in a lot of physical pain.

[B]

Nice. Yeah, that's pretty clever.

[A]

Yeah. Yesterday I dropped a nut even trying to put together Miles's piece of shit chainsaw. And he just sat there and looked at it instead of bending over to pick it up. So he saves his bending over for when he's staying with his kid.

[C]

I got so many reps in this back, Chuck.

[A]

I get it, I get it. So do you have a wife, fiance, girlfriend?

[B]

No, I am extremely single and have been basically single.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

Well, we might have someone here for you. We'll find out. Where did you go? Did she go to the bathroom or something? We got a gal here in Three Lakes, her name's Katie. And yeah, she's. She's looking for a special someone. So we're gonna. Might be able to hook you up here. You never know. But while we wait for her, you

[C]

know, what are you looking for in a gal?

[B]

I dream about a. A nice midwest farm girl or. Yeah. One of those midwestern gals.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't know.

[D]

Just.

[A]

Just Midwestern gal.

[B]

Good time and man looking for my good hearted woman.

[A]

He's a good time. A man looking for his good hearted woman. Well, we might have one right here. Step on up.

[C]

Come on. Katie's belly up.

[A]

Yeah. Should we get her some headphones? We're getting her hooked up with. We got our first ever bellied up speed dating round.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Blind. Blind date, quite literally is truly. This is Love is blind. They can't see each other.

[A]

Yeah, you guys can't see each other, but we'll see if you have a connection. She's got.

[C]

Hold on. She's got to get her beer, which is a big plus. You said you're looking for a midwestern woman. She likes drinking beer.

[A]

Yeah. Now, Parker, Parker, Katie. Just to catch you up while we set you up. He is a commercial fisher deckhand. He's got a big deck out there in. Yep, in here. I'll let you hold that.

[C]

Very qualified to be a stay at home, but he has other skills that could translate to other jobs.

[A]

He operates well off of limited sleep and he does tolerates physical pain.

[C]

So I don't know what you guys are into, but that could also be an advantage.

[A]

And he's willing to take orders even if they don't make sense.

[C]

Yeah, so.

[A]

Sounds like a dream guy. So why don't you talk?

[C]

So Parker, this is Katie. Katie's. Introduce yourself off.

[F]

Hello. Is somebody even really there?

[A]

Yeah, don't be shy. Parker, where'd you go?

[B]

Yeah, hi. Howdy. Hi Katie. Nice to meet you.

[F]

Hi Parker. You sound southern.

[B]

Oh, no, no, I just. I don't know, I guess I've worked with a lot of southerners, so maybe.

[C]

Maybe I've picked that up on Southern by association.

[A]

He's from Michigan though, Katie. Not too far across the big pond. He's over there just short of Grand Rapids, it sounds like.

[E]

Oh, wow.

[A]

So nice Midwest fella.

[F]

Just a ferry trip over.

[A]

Just a ferry trip over.

[C]

That sounds like a midwestern Hallmark movie.

[A]

Yeah, just a fairy trip over. Yeah, it could be called riding the ferry, you know. Yeah, sure.

[B]

So Katie. All right, you guys get out of here for a second.

[D]

I was.

[C]

I was just thinking how weird it would be to be on a. On a blind date with. With Chuck and I commentating.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Miles on the fair.

[A]

Terrible that would be. Yeah, we'll shut up. We'll just be sitting here silent in the cuck chairs. Okay, so.

[B]

So you. You. No, you. You got the basics on me. I want to hear about you, Katie. What's your. What's your deal?

[F]

What's my. Well, obviously I have a pretty bad stage fright.

[C]

Yeah, she's a little nervous, Parker, so

[A]

we'll give her a little grace here into it. But it's like when you first step foot in the hot tub, you're like, oh, I can't sit down in this. You know. You know how many fry my babies

[F]

I failed cuz I wouldn't do speeches.

[A]

Oh really? You got a great Voice actually took

[F]

the F, so I didn't have to publicly speak.

[A]

Wow, you just took the F like that.

[F]

So I gotta thank all of you.

[C]

All right, Chuck, shut the hell up.

[F]

Me in the hot seat here.

[A]

Yeah. No. So go on, just tell them a

[C]

little bit about yourself, where you're from, what you.

[F]

Well, I. I'm from here at Three lakes. Lived here forever.

[C]

And what do you like to do? What do you like to do?

[F]

Well, of course, we're on the chain and got a boat and anything outdoors.

[A]

Biggest chain of lakes in the world, Parker. Okay, she's underselling her chain right now.

[B]

Are the Great Lakes technically a chain or not? Because that would be hard to beat. I would shut up.

[F]

That is a hard no.

[B]

Okay, okay, okay.

[A]

Yeah. Look at him coming at us with facts, you know?

[B]

Parker. Parker.

[A]

Never mind. I'm gonna shut up. I. Keep talking. Go on. Katie.

[D]

Katie.

[F]

Where. Where'd we leave off? Oh, the chain of lakes.

[A]

Yeah. What do you like to do on the lakes the most, Katie?

[F]

Boat and have snacks and drink beer and water ski. You can water die on a water. A tube once in a while.

[A]

All right.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

What do you do for work, Katie?

[F]

I. I'm in the landscaping. I do. Can we.

[A]

Yeah, you can do whatever you want. We can always. Cut it out, Katie. So you freely speak freely.

[C]

Nervous, Park.

[A]

This isn't live, you know, Speeches.

[F]

Yes, I.

[C]

You're not giving a speech. You're just talking to Parker.

[B]

Who.

[A]

Yeah, Parker.

[D]

Good guy, stranger.

[C]

All of these 15 people are not in the them.

[F]

Including your mom?

[A]

Including.

[F]

Yeah. Thanks, mom.

[C]

You ever been on a. A date with all your family here?

[F]

Here they are.

[A]

Yeah. And you're two buddies, you know.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

So your. Your landscape and what else?

[F]

Well, I do the flowers. I do flower arranging. Design. Yes.

[A]

Nice.

[C]

We're supposed to. Shut up.

[A]

Sorry. I was just gonna say that was.

[C]

Parker is supposed to respond to that. Sorry, Park. We're learning this too.

[F]

Yes. So, yeah. What do you do?

[B]

The commercial fishing thing. But a lot. That's my main gig, but I kind of.

[F]

What's commercial do?

[B]

Whatever there is that needs done around, I guess. Move around.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

So she asked Parker, what's commercial fishing? Can you give her sort of a sense of what that looks like?

[B]

That is the. The start of the process that leads to fish in the grocery store and restaurants and things.

[F]

Oh, so do you fish Lake Michigan then?

[B]

No, but it's too bad that there isn't any real commercial fishing opportunities in Michigan, because I'd love to do this job and Work out of Michigan, but no, unfortunately not. My work is mostly in Alaska and Washington.

[F]

Oh, that sounds fun.

[A]

Yeah. You ever seen Alaska?

[F]

I have not been to Alaska.

[A]

Okay.

[F]

Yeah. Yeah.

[D]

Wow.

[F]

Looks beautiful.

[A]

It does look beautiful. I wonder if you had someone there to show you around. Parker. That's a freaking hit.

[F]

Parker doesn't sound 80.

[A]

No. How old are you, Parker?

[B]

I'm 31.

[A]

Oh, 30. Fun. Holy smokes.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Real good. Nice.

[B]

Yeah, I'm feeling pretty accomplished. 31 whole years under my belt.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Lots of experience.

[A]

We're not here, guys. Just talk freely. Talk freely. It's a first day. Candles lit, you know, Are we in

[F]

Michigan on this candlelit date right now or are we in Alaska?

[B]

Where? Well, yeah, we could meet in the middle. We could be on a boat out in Lake Michigan right now.

[F]

That's the middle.

[A]

I like that. That's romantic.

[C]

Chuck. We're not here.

[A]

Sorry. Silent cocks.

[B]

So important question right off the rip is if I keep on doing this job, are you the kind of gal that could have her. Her fella be uncontactable and just out far away for months at a time?

[F]

I mean, it does sound kind of nice.

[C]

Let's go, Parker.

[A]

Parker.

[F]

I mean, I got. Yeah, I gotta have some alone girl time, too.

[D]

Cool.

[B]

Cool.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Alone girl time for like. Yeah. I don't know, maybe four months in a go. Is that a reasonable number?

[F]

Get to catch up on my favorite Netflix shows.

[A]

What months are you gone?

[B]

I'm usually gone pretty much all summer. Like May, June, July, August, September. And for crab in the winter, that usually keeps me busy. November, December, January and February.

[F]

What months are you free?

[B]

Well, it's kind of a fluid schedule. And I'm not like a hundred percent committed to any of those time frames, but for the last few years, I've generally had October off and a chunk of time in the spring, like May, April or May.

[A]

So he's free two months out of the year, which.

[C]

But that's only if you don't move to Alaska.

[A]

Yeah, well, this is.

[B]

This is my challenge here. That's why it's so tough to find a gal.

[C]

Yeah, but here's the thing. You were asking about maybe a potential different job.

[A]

Yeah. He'd be willing to do other things

[C]

is what he said. And so.

[A]

Hey, you know what?

[D]

Right.

[A]

All right. There's a lot of fishing guides out here in three lakes. I wonder if Parker, you know your way around a walleye, right?

[B]

Well, that's the thing. See, I. I never did any sport fishing, really. So I. I Don't know anything about a rod and reel, but I'm sure I could learn.

[F]

Katie, I've netted a walleye before.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

It's a great start, but I don't

[F]

like to bait my own hooks.

[A]

All right, Parker, can you bait a hook?

[B]

Yeah, sure.

[A]

Okay. You can bet a hook.

[C]

All right, now. Now we got the housekeeping items out of the way. Parker, why don't you tell us something about yourself?

[B]

What do you like?

[C]

You know, tell us something that we can get to know you more. Should have brought that game with.

[A]

Oh, yeah, the. The. We're not really strangers. You ever played that game?

[F]

No. What is it?

[A]

Okay. It's a scary game, and we should have brought that game.

[C]

Let's just riff it off the top. Let's ask a question.

[F]

Wait. That kind of scary?

[A]

Oh, no, it's. It's not. It's. It's not. It's fun scary. Yeah.

[C]

Okay, here we go. First question is, you both can. You both can answer. What was. What was your most embarrassing moment in your life?

[A]

Oh, not like you.

[B]

Go ahead, Katie.

[A]

You go first.

[F]

Too many.

[C]

Probably ask your mom, but she's got a feel.

[F]

Yeah, I mean, pull her on it.

[B]

When I was in. Oh, man. Seventh grade, middle school, I was peeing in the urinal one time, and then Buddy was hollering to me, and I turned to holler back, and the. The angle and the splashback all kind of changed and put a pretty large spot on my shorts. And so in a panic, I was in there trying to dry off, and then the bell rang before I knew it. So I just hid out in the bathroom for a whole class period. And it came out like nothing happened. And nothing happened. I didn't even get Mark Dabson in the class I missed. And people asked me about it. I told them some kind of lie, but I got away with it. But it's still the most embarrassing scenario I've ever found myself in.

[F]

I have not had an accident with the urinal yet, but thank God. Yeah, well, probably can't beat that.

[A]

Well, do you have anything that comes to mind here, Katie? Otherwise, I got another question on that.

[F]

I'll take the next question. I. I guess I don't really get embarrassed.

[A]

Okay.

[F]

Besides, right now.

[A]

Okay, right now. Why are you embarrassed right now?

[F]

Well, I said I have stage fright so bad and getting put on the spot. I can't even play darts or horseshoes. I'm on horseshoe team and darts, and everybody's watching, and I can't even make the board. I. I Just get stage frightened.

[A]

She gets stage fright. So what. How would you describe feeling, being in love in one word? One word.

[B]

This is.

[C]

This is just right up your alley. You just gotta come up with one

[F]

word about feeling in love. What's yours?

[A]

That's two words. Startling. Startling.

[F]

Startling.

[A]

Okay, Katie, give us something. Give us something. His is startling.

[C]

Charlie. Hugo.

[A]

Feeling, Being in love. It's a tough one. Heaven. That's a callback.

[F]

That is a wonderful answer. Yeah, I had one like it.

[A]

No, you can think of something. It's like, what's your favorite thing to do? Katie, you're. Aside from Netflix, what's your favorite thing you wake up in the morning? Could be cup of coffee. Could be a nice brisk walk. It could be.

[F]

I. I do love my morning coffee.

[C]

Well, Charlie said that, so you gotta pick a different one.

[F]

Well, yeah, I mean, I'm not gonna compare being in love to a warm cup of coffee.

[A]

That actually could be a good one. We'll take that one.

[F]

Cup of coffee.

[A]

Coffee. That's right. What. What did you do before you came here, Katie?

[F]

What I do, I took up my dog. I had a cup of coffee.

[A]

Oh, she's got a dog. Tell Parker about your dog.

[F]

Oh, well, I have. Have a Great Dane that's three years old and her name is Molly and she walks me sometimes, but you know.

[A]

Do you like that she walks you?

[F]

Yeah, I love her to pieces. Yeah, she's.

[A]

Parker, do you have a. I'm guessing you don't have a dog because you're gone 96% of the year. Do you like dogs?

[B]

I love dogs.

[A]

All right. You like Great Danes? They're a little.

[B]

A little odd looking of a dog, aren't they? If I'm thinking of the right kind of dog. They're kind of like a beefier greyhound almost looking thing.

[F]

They are on the bigger.

[C]

They're very slobbery too, aren't they?

[F]

Yeah, well, I mean, yeah, if they want treats, I guess.

[B]

I'm. I'm sure there's great things about them.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know if I've ever met a Great Dane though.

[A]

Well, what's the greatest thing about Molly, Katie?

[F]

Oh, well, very cuddly and needs my care and attention all the time and I. I don't know.

[A]

You like that?

[F]

I guess I do because it's my second one, so they're super needy.

[A]

Do you. Do you like. Both of you? Do you like cuddling?

[B]

Cuddling?

[A]

Yeah. Parker, just go with it, okay?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, sure, sure. I. It's an awkward word, but what word would you use?

[C]

Snuggle. Snuggle.

[B]

Well, all the words associated with it are, okay, awkward, but. But the actual act. I'm a big fan. I. I love to be close to a woman, man. I don't get to do that very often.

[A]

Now, Katie, do you like cuddling, man?

[F]

I. Yes, but when it's bedtime, it's bedtime. Like, okay, I'm rolling over. I gotta get comfy. Can't disturb my sleep.

[B]

I'm. I'm totally on board with that. I'm. I'm a cuddler, but I'm not like a cuddle sleeper when it comes to sleeping. I need. I need some space, I need to face down type of thing.

[A]

Oh, sound incompatible right there.

[F]

Let's go all about the snuggles.

[C]

Now, are you a big spoon or little spoon? Katie?

[F]

A little.

[C]

Your little spoon.

[F]

Parker, what about you?

[B]

That works just fine.

[A]

Parker, you like being the big spoon, huh?

[B]

I mean, I could. I could switch around a little, you know, if I'm feeling like being. Shoot, what's that word? Vulnerable.

[C]

You'll be little spoon, too. All right.

[A]

Katie, would you consider being a big spoon?

[F]

Yeah, if. Yeah, of course, if need be.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Okay. Parker, are you okay with hair in your face as the big spoon?

[B]

Yeah, yeah. What kind of hair are we talking?

[F]

Yeah, yeah. Big and frizzy. There's a lot of it.

[C]

Yep.

[F]

It'll tickle your face for sure.

[A]

Yeah. And what? Tell them the color of your hair there, Katie.

[F]

Blonde.

[A]

You like blondes, Parker?

[B]

Yeah, sure. He's. I got no real. I mean, I'm a blonde myself, if that's of any importance to you.

[A]

Okay, two blondes.

[F]

Wow.

[A]

That'll make a white.

[F]

Well, come on, Miles.

[C]

I have no words for that.

[A]

Historically speaking, you know. Okay, why don't you ask Parker this?

[F]

Oh, do you think I was popular in high school or in elementary? It doesn't matter.

[B]

Do I think you were popular in high school?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay, so I'm imagining Three Lakes being a pretty small community and you got the pretty big hair, so, yeah, I'm imagining you. You definitely got some attention in high school.

[F]

Very nice.

[C]

Is that true?

[F]

Yeah. Well, I feel like I was just friends with anybody. Everybody. You know, you had your five mean girls in a class of 60 here, so.

[B]

Yeah, I can relate. I don't really like the word popular. I think there should be some better word for people who are just friendly with everybod.

[D]

What.

[A]

What Profound. Were you popular, Parker?

[B]

I guess if you have to go by the classical Definition of it. But I think I'd fall more under whatever that new word for just friendly folks would be. As friends with everybody in my school.

[A]

Good. I like that.

[F]

I have another question for you. What are you currently working through that others can't see?

[B]

I guess. What, that, like a midlife crisis?

[F]

You could say at 31, it's a

[C]

third life crisis, hopefully.

[B]

Sure.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, shoot, dude. I think you're lucky if you make it past 60. So, yeah, I don't know. I'm just kind of at a crossroads in my life. Like, do I keep on just going on adventures and pretending like I'm a young buck? Or do I find a nice Katie and settle down, open up a landscaping company?

[D]

Wow.

[A]

Hey, he can sort through your flowers, Katie. How about that? Oh, what's your favorite flower, Parker? Katie, same question.

[D]

Oh,

[C]

he has no jack about flowers.

[A]

Well, we'll see.

[B]

I think, I guess technically the. The part of the peyote you deal with is. Is a flower. So, yeah, we'll go with peyote.

[A]

All right, peyote.

[F]

What do you like about the peyote flower?

[B]

Oh, geez. What isn't there to like? You know, what those things do to you?

[F]

I haven't tried.

[B]

Well, neither have I, but I've looked into it, and I'm. I'm interested.

[A]

I wonder, Katie, have you ever considered doing a peyote trip

[F]

on the way up to Alaska?

[C]

Yes. That's a yes.

[F]

Def Miles says it's a yes.

[A]

Katie, you ever tried recreational drugs in your life?

[F]

Is that a serious question?

[C]

No.

[F]

Okay, we're moving on.

[A]

Yeah.

[F]

Okay, next question. Parker, what's your most toxic trait that you can admit to?

[B]

Oh, so far, I love commercial fishing more than all the gals I've met.

[A]

Wow.

[F]

Wow, that's toxic, huh?

[B]

That's tough. Yeah, I know. That's. I told you I faced those truths.

[C]

How does that make you feel?

[F]

I mean, if. Well, if he's up. Up against all those gals, that's the most.

[B]

It's not all. I only got two months out of the year to even try to meet him. It's not that big of a pool you're competing against here.

[A]

Parker, you got any questions?

[B]

Yeah. Would you ever consider living in Alaska five months out of the year on a remote island, operating a small fish camp?

[C]

That sounds like a Mr. Beast video.

[F]

Which months again? I know we were all.

[B]

Which month for that operation?

[F]

This one is dark for 23 hours a day.

[B]

Like.

[A]

Wait, what.

[B]

What about 23 hours a day when

[F]

it's dark 23 hours a day.

[B]

No, no, the opposite. Other end of the spectrum. Summertime, Like June through late September.

[F]

So then it's land of the midnight 23 hours a day.

[B]

Yeah, something like that. The sun just kind of, like, does a lap around the horizon.

[F]

Yeah, yeah. No, that sounds beautiful.

[C]

All right.

[B]

It's great.

[A]

Well, I think we've heard all we need to hear. Yeah. So on the count of three, you guys say, would you like to exchange numbers? How does that sound? One, two, three.

[F]

Yeah, sure, sure.

[A]

Yeah, we got it. We got it. All right, Parker.

[C]

And you Feel you the love tonight.

[A]

In the jungle, the mighty jungle. The Parker chase tonight. Simba and Mufasa. Wait, no. Simba and Nala have nothing on Parker and Katie. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up. Give them a big round of applause. I think they've got some textuals to exchange with each other, and we'll see how it goes on a future bellied update.

[F]

Yeah, maybe I'll be living in Alaska next time.

[A]

Wow, that would be crazy. Yeah, that would be why? Oh, we forgot to ask. Parker, it's Christmas. You're at Katie's house. She's got a massive family, and they like to drink and fall off stools on occasion. Are you hanging out with the family or staying in the bedroom room?

[B]

Oh, dude. Definitely falling off some stools, dude.

[A]

There you go.

[C]

Okay, if the family's going to the zoo, are you going with and petting those animals?

[B]

I don't know about petting them. Depends what kind of zoo. But I'm definitely along for the ride.

[C]

Okay. Hey, would you make her mother a sign out of wood?

[B]

Make her mother a what?

[C]

A sign for her. She shed

[B]

a sign. Yeah, sure.

[C]

Yeah. All right.

[A]

Hey, we found it, ladies and gentlemen. All right, we will. We're gonna give Katie your number, Parker. And we're gonna let her text you and let you know what she's watching on Netflix.

[B]

Right on. Hey, well, while I got you guys here, I got a question for you.

[A]

Yeah, sure.

[B]

That middle school bit kind of reminded me of this. When I was in middle school, we did this project where you had to write something and then, like, read it in front of a camera to kind of video project.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

And basically universally across, like, everybody in the class, like, hated hearing their own voice on the video. So you guys that record your voices for a living? Have you. Did you ever have any kind of experience like that when you were young? Like, the first time you heard your voice played back to you in recording or you didn't like it yeah, you

[C]

definitely, when you first start, it feels like that. Would you agree, Chuck?

[A]

Oh, 100%. You're like, I sound like that. Good God.

[C]

And now it's actually the worst is when we rewatch home video, because I've now gotten over that fact. I'm just used to it. But now you watch home videos when you were a kid and you're like, oh, God, I sounded like that. My parents had to have been. Just hated it.

[A]

Yeah. No wonder they are saints. Yeah. And I even say some stuff now that I'm like, why did I say that? Like, even on this call,

[F]

I think

[A]

you guys sound great. Thank you, Cave. We think you sound great. You got great radio, boys.

[C]

Even, like, listening on to our first podcast episodes. I hate that.

[A]

That.

[C]

It's crazy.

[A]

You listen back.

[C]

No, I don't. On purpose.

[A]

Oh, but someone had. Yeah, yeah,

[C]

so. Well, Parker, we appreciate you being a good sport and sorry to. To spring this blind date on you, but, you know, hey, never know.

[A]

And Katie, thank you for coming on by. And we're also sorry we sprung this blinded on you, but blame your mom.

[F]

Yeah. Oh, I do. Yeah, Everything.

[A]

Oh, good. Well, that's good. She got a great relationship with her mother, Parker. That'll come in handy.

[C]

Her mom owns a bar, by the way, if that helps.

[B]

Hey, yeah. This is all great news.

[A]

I'm excited for you guys. Okay, so start texting and see where the magic lands. Okay.

[B]

Okie dokie, fellas. Thanks.

[F]

All right, bye, Parker.

[B]

Yeah, see you. Talk to you soon, Katie.

[A]

There we go.

[F]

Sounds good.

[A]

All right, I'm excited. Thank you, Katie. Thank you, Parker. We'll let you guys take it from here. Give him a big round of applause, everybody. Our first bellied up blind date six.

[C]

We're about to find out if love is blind.

[A]

We are? Absolutely.

[C]

Well, Chuck, that's another good episode of the Bellied up podcast for us.

[A]

Sure is, Miles. We found some. All sorts of things today. We covered a lot of ground and

[C]

we did some housekeeping items.

[A]

Yeah, we.

[C]

We found love in a bar in Three Lakes. Sounds like a country song.

[A]

Yeah. We even talked about a data center, oddly enough. And yeah, you know, we. We really did it. And that's. You never know what you're gonna get here at the Bellied up podcast, folks. It's kind of like a junk drawer. Maybe we got a D battery. You never know. So with that, don't forget to tip your bartender.

[C]

We'll see you the next one.

[D]

Okay. Hope you guys have a good one. Goodbye now. Toodaloo.